Franco-Turkish Secret Parleys Concerning an Armistice in Cilicia

and the Treaty of Sevres (May - June 1920)

                   

Summary

An armistice was concluded during the French-Turkish parley in Angora on May 22-23, 1920, which operated since May 30. The French separate deal undermined the block of victorious Powers, besides, it was concluded with unofficial Kemalist authorities. The armistice produced the //-17  premature evacuation of the French army from Cilicia and left Armenian defenseless. Afterwards the Kemalists offered to conclude a separate Treaty and to create a bilateral alliance, provided the alteration of the Sevres Treaty and French economic activity all around Turkey. //-18